We’ve been waiting officially for 10 months today. A blink of the eye in the greater scheme of things. When we applied with our agency in March 2007 it was estimated to be a 12 - 18 month wait until referral. When we submitted our dossier in October it looked more like an estimated 18 months - 2 year wait until referral. This of course was based on current wait times, which is only a small piece of the picture.
As of this month families who have received referrals have been waiting for 30.5 months. There is talk that our wait will possibly reach 3 - 4yrs. There is talk that this is extremely optimistic. (Some people are preparing for 5+ years.) Our agency said that China doesn’t want the wait to reach 3 years. It likely will reach and surpass 3 years, but they never said it wouldn’t reach 3 years, they just said that they didn’t want it to reach 3 years.
At this point, we have no idea how long our wait will be, there is always hope that things could speed up, and the of course the possibility that things could slow down further. Right now, we are just trying to live life, prepare as much as we can and take things in stride.
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